Drum Set - Alesis D4 Reference Manual

NOTE: 054 F#2
OUTPUT: MAIN
To change the output assignment, turn the Data wheel. To send the drum sound to
the Main outputs, select Main. To send the drum sound to the Aux outputs, select
Aux.
Having two stereo output pairs allows for several options.
Stereo with Fixed Placement: Plug the left Main output into the left channel of your
amp (or mixer), and the right Main output into the right channel. The default voice mix
for the preset Drum Sets pans the drums between the Main output jacks in a way that
works well for most applications.
Stereo with Variable Placement: Plug the left Main output into the left channel of your
amp (or mixer), and the right Main output into the right channel. Pan the Drum Set
drums between the Main output jacks as desired.
Stereo with Individual Outputs: This requires a stereo mixer with at least four
channels, and provides individual outputs for any two drum voices. Plug the left Main
out into a mixer channel panned fully to the left. Plug the right Main out into a mixer
channel panned fully to the right. Plug the left Aux output into a third channel (panned
to center for now) and the right Aux output into a fourth channel (also panned to
center for now). Decide which two voices should be individual voices, such as kick
and snare; assign these to the Aux outputs, and all other drums (panned as desired)
to the Main outputs.
Pan the kick full left and the snare full right. Thus, the kick will appear in the left aux
output, and the snare will appear in the right aux output. These outputs can feed
different signal processors and then be sent to a mixing board. Make sure that the
drums selected for individual outputs are panned to the extreme left or right in the
D4. Otherwise, some of the sound from one drum will leak into the other output.
Separate Percussion/Drum Outputs: Standard drum kit sounds can be spread in
stereo and assigned to the main outputs, with percussion sounds spread in stereo
and assigned to the Aux outputs. Run the outputs to a mixing console, and you can
treat the drum kit and percussion sounds as two submixes. This technique might also
be useful if you're recording the part on tape; feed the drums to two tape tracks, and
the percussion to two other tracks. Adjust the balance between the two in the mix, or
fade the percussion in and out independently of the trap drum sounds. Or, process
the two groups individually.

3.5 DRUM SET

Press Drum Set, and the LCD shows the selected Drum Set number on the top line
and the Drum Set's name on the bottom line. Example:
DRUMSET 00
"Standard Stuff"
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